​By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat downand there we wept when we remembered Zion.Our enemies have dragged us far away.‘Cheer up!’ they say, ‘sing for us!’but how could we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land??We remember everything about our homeWe will never forget where we belong.We ache with missing our homeand feel that we will never sing again.

Photos: ​the Kahuterawa stream, by our old home in Linton, Palmerston North

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